| 1823 - 608 pages
...be cast, like Sisyphus, downwards in a moment: — that he who has worn the day and wasted the nifht in gathering the gold of science, should be — with...and a brick of Egypt will last three thousand years ! — I am content to believe that the mind of man survives (somewhere or other^ his clay. 1 was once... | |
| 1823 - 622 pages
...has worn the day and wasted the night in gathering the gold of science, should be — with all hiз wealth of learning, all his accumulations — made...and a brick of Egypt will last three thousand years ! — I am content to believe that the mind of man survives (somewhere or other^ his clay. I vías... | |
| 1823 - 496 pages
...science, should be— with all his wealth of learning, all his accumulations — made bankrupt at ooce. What becomes of all the riches of the soul, — the...dissipate, when a hair can live for centuries, and a brick *>' Egypt will last three thousand years 1 — I am content to believe that the mind of man survives... | |
| 1823 - 598 pages
...— the piles and pyramids of precious thoughts which men heap together? — Where is Shakespeare's imagination, — Bacon's learning ? Where is the sweet...and a brick of Egypt will last three thousand years ! — I am content to believe that the mind of man survives (somewhere or other) his clay. 1 was once... | |
| 1845 - 864 pages
...learning? Where is the sweet fancy of Sydney, the airy spirit of Fletcher, and Milton's thought severe P Methinks such things should not die and dissipate,...and a brick of Egypt will last three thousand years ! Surely the thought ought not for a moment to be entertained that mind does not survive matter. I... | |
| Barry Cornwall - 1853 - 288 pages
...thoughts which men heap together ? Where are Shakspere's imagination, Bacon's learning, Galileo's dream ? Where is the sweet fancy of Sidney, the airy spirit...and a brick of Egypt will last three thousand years ! I am content to believe that the mind of man survives (somewhere or other) his clay. I was once present... | |
| 1863 - 360 pages
...Shakespeare's imagination, Bacon's learning, Galileo's dream ? Where is the sweet fancy of Sydney, the airy spirit of Fletcher, and Milton's thought...dissipate, when a hair can live for centuries, and a hrick of Egypt will last three thousand years. I am content to believe that the mind of man, (somehow... | |
| James Thomas Fields - 1881 - 440 pages
...which men heap together 1 Where are Shakespeare's imagination, Bacon's learning,' Galileo's dream ? Where is the sweet fancy of Sidney, the airy spirit of Fletcher, and Milton's thought severe 1 Methinks such things should not die and dissipate, when a hair can live for centuries, and a brick... | |
| 1845 - 500 pages
...man has toiled high up the steep hill of knowledge, that he should be cast. like Sysyphus, down ward in a moment; that he who has worn the day and wasted...such things should not die and dissipate, when a hair ran live for centuries, and a brick of Egypt will last three thousand years." We return to our subject... | |
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